Caregiver stress

Confused About Palliative Care Vs. Hospice Care? You Aren’t Alone

Dear Carol: My mom has advanced lung disease as well as late-stage Alzheimer’s. We know that there are no cures for either...

Dear Carol: We’ve used caregivers through an agency for my mom who has dementia, but locally they are all short-staffed and unreliable....

Dear Carol: I feel like my home is becoming contaminated territory! My Dad is a sweetheart, but he’s got dementia and has...

When my mother died in a local nursing home, my “career” of visiting this exceptional facility nearly every day for almost 15...

In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because...

They say hindsight is 20/20. But things from the past that may seem “clear” to you now can still be distorted by...

One sign of the aging brain is repeating things more often, especially stories and questions. There are reasons for this that are...

Dear Carol: My dad, 86, lives with me. He has an academic’s personality, so we’ve often talked about different issues that spanned...

Dear Carol: Recently, my mother, 76, fell and broke a hip, fractured a wrist, and cracked an ankle. She’s in the hospital...

Don’t let the title scare you, folks. I’m not presenting a “system” here. Personally, I’ve never seen a chart or graph designed...